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  • Cong, The Quiet Man Museum. Cong was the main location for The Quiet Man, a classic movie directed by John Ford. The statue remembering the two stars of the movie, John Wayne and Mauren O'Hara.
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  • south of“Barranca del Muerto” (“dead man’s canyon”) is Alvaro Obregon poor district, with a great number of young people gangs (“chavo-bandas”).
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  • Otomì indian migrants, a couple living in a abandoned house of the historical centre. The man works only sometimes. More than 400.000 Indians live in the heart of the one of the largest megalopoli on earth — Mexico City. Tenaciously clinging to to ancient traditions, they continue to have ties to their homes so strong that some researchers define these urban groups as “embassies” for their distant villages.
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  • The Kazneh, "The Treasure", is the most celebrated icon of Petra, one of the world’s most revered cultural sites. But time and tourism are damaging its monuments, carved into sandstone cliffs.  How long it endures depends on how it is cared for today. Akasheh acknowledges, it must return to the desert sands: “Some monuments have disappeared and some are more affected than others. It is natural for man to respect his past, to want it to last as long as possible. And good documentation of the site keeps its memory safe, even after it is long gone”.
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  • The Kazneh, "The Treasure", is the most celebrated icon of Petra, one of the world’s most revered cultural sites. But time and tourism are damaging its monuments, carved into sandstone cliffs.  How long it endures depends on how it is cared for today. Akasheh acknowledges, it must return to the desert sands: “Some monuments have disappeared and some are more affected than others. It is natural for man to respect his past, to want it to last as long as possible. And good documentation of the site keeps its memory safe, even after it is long gone”.
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  • The Kazneh, "The Treasure", the most celebrated icon of Petra is opened to the torists on some nights. This ancient Nabatean city is one of the world’s most revered cultural sites. But time and tourism are damaging its monuments, carved into sandstone cliffs.  How long it endures depends on how it is cared for today. Akasheh acknowledges, it must return to the desert sands: “Some monuments have disappeared and some are more affected than others. It is natural for man to respect his past, to want it to last as long as possible. And good documentation of the site keeps its memory safe, even after it is long gone”.
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  • The Kazneh, "The Treasure", the most celebrated icon of Petra is opened to the torists on some nights. This ancient Nabatean city is one of the world’s most revered cultural sites. But time and tourism are damaging its monuments, carved into sandstone cliffs.  How long it endures depends on how it is cared for today. Akasheh acknowledges, it must return to the desert sands: “Some monuments have disappeared and some are more affected than others. It is natural for man to respect his past, to want it to last as long as possible. And good documentation of the site keeps its memory safe, even after it is long gone”.
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  • south of“Barranca del Muerto” (“dead man’s canyon”) is Alvaro Obregon poor district, with a great number of young people gangs (“chavo-bandas”).
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  • south of“Barranca del Muerto” (“dead man’s canyon”) is Alvaro Obregon poor district, with a great number of young people gangs (“chavo-bandas”).
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  • south of“Barranca del Muerto” (“dead man’s canyon”) is Alvaro Obregon poor district.
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  • south of“Barranca del Muerto” (“dead man’s canyon”) is Alvaro Obregon poor district.
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  • south of“Barranca del Muerto” (“dead man’s canyon”) is Alvaro Obregon poor district, with a great number of young people gangs (“chavo-bandas”).
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  • Connemara, Oughterard, The Quiet Man,s Bridge.
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  • Aran Island: Inishmore, the harbour. The islands attracted artists, writers and film makers. Robert Flaherty’s film Man of Aran (1934) made the islands known to a worldwide audience.
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  • Hebrides Islands, Skye island, Trotternish  Peninsula. The Old Man of Storr rocks formations.
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  • Manenè:  the last Indian Emberà village near rio Balsa before “No man’s land” near Colombia’s border. Only 3 policemen protects the area. The Darién Gap is Panama's Bermuda Triangle, a mystery zone between North and South America where also the Pan-American Highway dead-ends. Panama has nearly no control over the border with neighboring Colombia, making the Gap a dangerous place, a refuge for outlaws, narcos (drug smugglers), Colombia’s guerrillas of FARC and their ultra-rightist enemies, the paramilitaries. The violent contest between between these two groups constitutes the biggest threat to the small Indian communities living inside the Darien National Park. Also the increasing influx of Panamanian farmers has doubled the population, and any tree of the rainforest is in danger of being cut down or burned.
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  • Manenè:  the last Indian Emberà village near rio Balsa before ?No man's land? near Colombia's border. Only 3 policemen protects the area. The Darién Gap is Panama's Bermuda Triangle, a mystery zone between North and South America where also the Pan-American Highway dead-ends. Panama has nearly no control over the border with neighboring Colombia, making the Gap a dangerous place, a refuge for outlaws, narcos (drug smugglers), Colombia's guerrillas of FARC and their ultra-rightist enemies, the paramilitaries. The violent contest between between these two groups constitutes the biggest threat to the small Indian communities living inside the Darien National Park. Also the increasing influx of Panamanian farmers has doubled the population, and any tree of the rainforest is in danger of being cut down or burned.
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  • Shibam, procession of Maharajan celebrating Ba Abbad, a holy man that lived around 1100 AD. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
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  • Dumbreveni village, Ui Rekecsin in Hungarian, a man plays violin in the kitchen of his house. For the csango people music is literally part of the life.
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  • Shibam, procession of Maharajan celebrating Ba Abbad, a holy man that lived around 1100 AD. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
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  • Shibam, procession of Maharajan celebrating Ba Abbad, a holy man that lived around 1100 AD. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
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  • Cong, this village was the main location for The Quiet Man, a classic movie directed by John Ford. The statue remembering the two stars of the movie, John Wayne and Mauren O'Hara.
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  • The Kazneh, "The Treasure", is the most celebrated icon of Petra, one of the world’s most revered cultural sites. But time and tourism are damaging its monuments, carved into sandstone cliffs.  How long it endures depends on how it is cared for today. Akasheh acknowledges, it must return to the desert sands: “Some monuments have disappeared and some are more affected than others. It is natural for man to respect his past, to want it to last as long as possible. And good documentation of the site keeps its memory safe, even after it is long gone”.
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  • The Kazneh, "The Treasure", is the most celebrated icon of Petra, one of the world’s most revered cultural sites. But time and tourism are damaging its monuments, carved into sandstone cliffs.  How long it endures depends on how it is cared for today. Akasheh acknowledges, it must return to the desert sands: “Some monuments have disappeared and some are more affected than others. It is natural for man to respect his past, to want it to last as long as possible. And good documentation of the site keeps its memory safe, even after it is long gone”.
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  • south of“Barranca del Muerto” (“dead man’s canyon”) is Alvaro Obregon poor district, with a great number of young people gangs (“chavo-bandas”).
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  • south of“Barranca del Muerto” (“dead man’s canyon”) is Alvaro Obregon poor district, with a great number of young people gangs (“chavo-bandas”).
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  • Cleja village, Klèsza in Hungarian, a old man reads a book of traditional prayers in Hungarian. For the csango, a small island of Catholicism in an orthodox sea, the religion is a fundamental identity's symbol.
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  • Dumbreveni village, Ui Rekecsin in Hungarian, a man plays violin in the kitchen of his house. For the csango people music is literally part of the life.
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  • Shibam, procession of Maharajan celebrating Ba Abbad, a holy man that lived around 1100 AD. Declared Unesco World Heritage, the old city of Shibam on the incense road is called the "Manhattan of the desert" and is one of the most celebrated Arabic Islamic cities built in traditional style. A collection of nearly 500 skyscrapers built with mud bricks and 5-7 stores high.
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  • Herodion, the man-made, flat mountain, one of the world finest exemples of preserved Roman architecture. Built as fortress and summer palace by king Herod the Great, is also the place where the king was buried. The tomb was discovered in  2007. The cisterns, a network of tunnels and water reservoir under the fortress.
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  • Herodion, the man-made, flat mountain, one of the world finest exemples of preserved Roman architecture. Built as fortress and summer palace by king Herod the Great, is also the place where the king was buried. The tomb was discovered in  2007.
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  • Herodion, the man-made, flat mountain, one of the world finest exemples of preserved Roman architecture. Built as fortress and summer palace by king Herod the Great, is also the place where the king was buried. The tomb was discovered in  2007.
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  • Murano island. Fondamenta dei Vetrai along the local Great Canal. At  early morning the workers deliver murano glasses at the shops before the tourist arrive by boat from Venice.
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  • Murano island: Franco Rossi, the "omo de note" ("night's watcher") of the Formia Glass Factory, has the heavy responsability to inspect the furnaces fires during the night and prepare the glass for the next day's activity.
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  • Dead Sea, moshav Neot Ha-Kikkar, 20km south of Ein Bokek, specializes in state-of-the-art desert agricultural technology. Today many immigrants from Thailand work here as laborers.
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  • Tanis 70 km northeast of Zagazig, was a important Egyptian city capital at time of powerful Pharaohs like Pepi I. around 2330 BC. The city was believed until some years ago to be the Biblical city where the Hebrews were persecuted and has been also one location for the movie Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Until today only a small part has been excavated but so far the excavations has revealed the foundations of many temples and a royal necropolis.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Chihuahua al Pacifico scenic railway, between Los Mochis and Chihuahua.
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  • To gather data for his geo-archaeological system (GIS), a assistant of prodfessor Talal Akasheh use a teodolite in front of the Obelisk, one of the most important monuments of the Siq, the small canyon that gives access to Petra. With the next step of the project Akasheh, will complete a website for the Jordanian authorities, who can better manage the site, and academicians . He also intends to create a 3D documentation method as well as a non-destructive technique to study the salt content of the weathered monuments.
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  • Western Wall, Jewish whorshippers celebrating Bar Mitzvah.
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  • Old City streets on friday night.
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  • Friday night in Western Jeruslame between Hillel st and Ben Yehuda street.
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  • Islamic Cairo. Sharia al-Muizz suq (popular market) near Bab Zuweila gate. Islamic Cairo. The suq (commercial areas and markets) are animated until night, mainly on Tuesday night before Friday holiday.
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  • San Juan Nuevo, village holiday.
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  • Nile Valley, army patrolling sensitive areas where in the past have happened many clashes with Islamic fondamentalists extremists.
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  • Ake, one of the few henequén processing plants still working.
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  • Huaca del Sol, a Mochica  pyramid; it is reckoned to contain between fifty millions and 140 millions  adobe blocks.
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  • Islamic Cairo, spice market near Khan al-Khalili suq, the most important of Cairo.
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  • Nile Cruise in the evening, bellydancer.
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  • Fustat, southern Cairo. The imposing structure of Amr Ibn al-As mosque, the older builded in Islamic Egypt (AD 642).
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  • Quetzaltenango: San Juan Ostuncalco, fiesta of San Juan Bautista.
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  • Tierra del Fuego, Isla Navarino. Puerto Williams,  the southernmost village of the world. Fishermen with centollas, the big  crabs of Beagle Channel.
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  • Umm Khaltoum traditional coffe house (ahwa), attended mainly from fans of famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum, whose pictures and memorabilia decorate the walls. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • Nile river. Young dancers at Qanater dams, a popular picnic place for people sightseeing coming from Cairo every friday of holiday.
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  • Selva Val Gardena. Traditional procession of the Ladins minorithy. THe Ladins of Gardena valley are well-known for they rich traditional dresses.
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  • Guaranì Indian community on rio SDan Francisco near the small city of Andrecito and the Brasilian border. There are almost 90 Mbya Guarani communities in the province of Misiones. The guaranì, one of the most important tribal groups of South America, are best known for their connection to the early Jesuit missions (1609-1767). For the Guarani, land is the origin of all life, but invasions by ranchers have devastated their territory and nearly all of their land has been stolen.
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  • Dead Sea. Ein Gedi Natural Reserve. The Ein Gedi oasis ha a long history. David fled here to escape king Saul as, later, Simon Bar Kokhba, leader of the second Jewish revolt (132--135 A.D.) against Roman empire.
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  • Shopping Centre.
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  • Casco Viejo. Palacio de las Garzas (Palace of the Herons), the presidential palace.
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  • Plaza de Armas.
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  • - Chiclayo, Lambayeque. Batàn Grande, Huaca Rodillona, mochica sacred centre. Archaelogical  excavations.
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  • Lima: ?Señor de los Milagros?  (Lord of the Miracles) the Perù's most solemn procession. The traditional "cofradias" of penitents  dressed in purple, a privilege, often passed down from father to son, to load on the shoulders the heavy statue of the Lord of the Miracles.
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  • Copper Canyon (Barranca del Cobre): Norogachi, Tarahumara Holy Week.
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  • Ataturk's Mausoleum, Anit Kabir.
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  • The Caffè Tommaseo is the oldest in Trieste and belongs to the Association of the italian historical inns. Opened in 1830 it was decorated by the painter Gatteri and furnished with large mirrors, purposely brought from Belgium. In december 1997 the café was restored and renewed in the style of the original tradition of the Vienna cafés. The cafè was loved by writers like Italo Svevo.
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  • Josè Galissa is a griot, a traditional musician  born in Guinèe Bissau. The instrument is a traditional Korà.
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  • Outer Hebrides, Benbecula. Father Jain MacAskill of Free Church preaching in gaelic in a pub.
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  • Zara Mall is one of the trendiest shopping centers of Amman downtown. Popular for the new Jordan's middle class but not still popular for more traditional people.
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  • There are at least six rowing clubs on the Po in Turin
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  • Società Canottieri Armida, Rowing Club.
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  • Holy Sepulcre. Franciscans friars near Jesus Christ tomb.
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  • Traditional covered souq of Bur Dubai.
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  • Chioggia, fish market. Chioggia is a miniature version of Venice, with one of the most important fishing markets of all Italy. Chioggia served Carlo Goldoni as the setting of his play Le baruffe chiozzotte, one of the classics of Italian literature.
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  • Chioggia, fish market. Chioggia is a miniature version of Venice, with one of the most important fishing markets of all Italy. Chioggia served Carlo Goldoni as the setting of his play Le baruffe chiozzotte, one of the classics of Italian literature.
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  • La Valletta, La Vallette Band Club, billiard cup. Still today hundreds of Maltese band club are the social hub of many towns and villages of the island. La Valette National Philarmonic Society is one of the 2 band club of La Valletta, the other is the "King's Own Band Club".
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  • Gozo island, Rabat (or Victoria). Soċjetà Filarmonika Leone, backstage of the Aurora Opera House, the Gozo’s largest theatre.
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  • Murano island. Formia glass factory, maintenance workers inspect the furnaces at late afternoon.
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  • Murano island: Franco Rossi, the "omo de note" ("night's watcher") of the Formia Glass Factory, has the heavy responsability to inspect the furnaces fires during the night and prepare the glass for the next day's activity.
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  • Otranto, religious ceremony for a new bishop in the old cathedral. Historically Otranto is the main catholic centre of Salento area.
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  • Tzfat. The old cemetery of 16th century where the graves of the most famous Tzfat Kabbalist are painted in blue. Tzfat. Abuhav Synagogue. Tzfat, Israel’s highest city in upper Galilee, is one of the 4 holy cities of Israel with Jerusalem, Tiberias and Hebron. Perhaps this proximity to the heaven, blue like the colour of the doorways in the cobbled passages, accounts for its reputation as the "Capital of Kabbalah", the Jewish mystical tradition. The Kabbalistic wisdom, the oldest in the history of mankind, investigates and explains the codes of universe and for thousands of years very few Jewish mystics knew the secrets of Kabbalah. For many centuries Tzfat has been the home of masters of Kabbalah and after their expulsion from Spain in 1492 many jews arrived in Tzfat, seeking refuge in tolerant Ottoman Empire, attracting the best scholars of Kabbalah. The Tzfat’s modern-day mystics come from different background, descendants of traditional rabbis but also baalei t’shuva, “masters of return” turned to Hasidic Judaism after a life in a agnostic background.
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  • Tzfat. The old cemetery of 16th century where the graves of the most famous Tzfat Kabbalist are painted in blue. Tzfat. Abuhav Synagogue. Tzfat, Israel’s highest city in upper Galilee, is one of the 4 holy cities of Israel with Jerusalem, Tiberias and Hebron. Perhaps this proximity to the heaven, blue like the colour of the doorways in the cobbled passages, accounts for its reputation as the "Capital of Kabbalah", the Jewish mystical tradition. The Kabbalistic wisdom, the oldest in the history of mankind, investigates and explains the codes of universe and for thousands of years very few Jewish mystics knew the secrets of Kabbalah. For many centuries Tzfat has been the home of masters of Kabbalah and after their expulsion from Spain in 1492 many jews arrived in Tzfat, seeking refuge in tolerant Ottoman Empire, attracting the best scholars of Kabbalah. The Tzfat’s modern-day mystics come from different background, descendants of traditional rabbis but also baalei t’shuva, “masters of return” turned to Hasidic Judaism after a life in a agnostic background.
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  • Yacov Kaszemacher, french born fom polish family, a hassidim artist an photographer living in Sfat. The city  is the center of Jewhish mysticism, Kabbalah, and one of 4 holy cities of Israel. Tzfat, Israel’s highest city in upper Galilee, is one of the 4 holy cities of Israel with Jerusalem, Tiberias and Hebron. Perhaps this proximity to the heaven, blue like the colour of the doorways in the cobbled passages, accounts for its reputation as the "Capital of Kabbalah", the Jewish mystical tradition. The Kabbalistic wisdom, the oldest in the history of mankind, investigates and explains the codes of universe and for thousands of years very few Jewish mystics knew the secrets of Kabbalah. For many centuries Tzfat has been the home of masters of Kabbalah and after their expulsion from Spain in 1492 many jews arrived in Tzfat, seeking refuge in tolerant Ottoman Empire, attracting the best scholars of Kabbalah. The Tzfat’s modern-day mystics come from different background, descendants of traditional rabbis but also baalei t’shuva, “masters of return” turned to Hasidic Judaism after a life in a agnostic background.
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  • Situated on mount Keenan, Sfat, also Tzfat or Safed, the highest Israel's city is the center of Jewhish mysticism, Kabbalah, and one of 4 holy cities of Israel.
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  • Caro Synagogue where Yoseph Caro, chief Rabbi of Sfat and author of Shulhan Arukh, studied in 16th century. Old Jewish books.
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  • Tzfat. Abuhav Synagogue. Tzfat, Israel’s highest city in upper Galilee, is one of the 4 holy cities of Israel with Jerusalem, Tiberias and Hebron. Perhaps this proximity to the heaven, blue like the colour of the doorways in the cobbled passages, accounts for its reputation as the "Capital of Kabbalah", the Jewish mystical tradition. The Kabbalistic wisdom, the oldest in the history of mankind, investigates and explains the codes of universe and for thousands of years very few Jewish mystics knew the secrets of Kabbalah. For many centuries Tzfat has been the home of masters of Kabbalah and after their expulsion from Spain in 1492 many jews arrived in Tzfat, seeking refuge in tolerant Ottoman Empire, attracting the best scholars of Kabbalah. The Tzfat’s modern-day mystics come from different background, descendants of traditional rabbis but also baalei t’shuva, “masters of return” turned to Hasidic Judaism after a life in a agnostic background.
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  • Mar Saba. The greek orthodox monastery stands in complete isolation in the middle of the Judean desert. The monastery is built near the cave where St sabs began his ascetic life in 478 A.D. Pilgrims. The women may only view the monastery from outside.
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  • Mar Saba. The greek orthodox monastery stands in complete isolation in the middle of the Judean desert. The monastery is built near the cave where St sabs began his ascetic life in 478 A.D.
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  • Nebi Musa, is a Moslim holy place in the Judean desert between Jericho and Jerusalem. The building which marks the Mausoleum of Moses is located where once the pilgrims could look Mount Nebo, where the tomb of Moses was thought to be located. Mamluk sultan Baibars  built a small shrine (1269 A.D.) here, gradually the lookout point  was confused with Moses' tomb itself, increasing for the Islam  the religious importance Nabi Musa.
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  • Masada. Under Herod the Great the fortress bacame an enormous muntaintop fortress. At the time of Jewish rebellion against Rome (70 A.D.) the Jewish fighters preferred death to surrender. The Roman camp, nearly intact through the dry climate of the desert, is one of the best survived exemple of Roman military technology.
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  • Dead sea, the road connecting Ein Bokek to Jerusalem.
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  • Trenino Verde (Green Train) moving between Mandas and Sadali.
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  • Coptic monastery of Deir Anba Bishoi (St Bishoi) founded in the 5th century. In the main church dedicated to St Bishoi the pilgrims pray the holy relics.
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  • Coptic monastery of Deir as-Suriani (monastery of the Syrians) dates from the 7th century. It is the smallest of Wadi al-Natrun but the most artistically actractive. The monastery has a narrow and elongated plan which supposedly recalls the shape of Noah's Ark. The magnificent wooden gate called "Gate of the Prophecies".
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  • sito archeologico di Tanis, una delle tombe reali scoperte negli Anni Trenta
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  • Tanis 70 km northeast of Zagazig, was a important Egyptian city capital at time of powerful Pharaohs like Pepi I. around 2330 BC. The city was believed until some years ago to be the Biblical city where the Hebrews were persecuted and has been also one location for the movie Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Until today only a small part has been excavated but so far the excavations has revealed the foundations of many temples and a royal necropolis. Here a statue of the great Pharaoh Ramses II.
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  • Nile river. The pilot of a  boat from Cairo to Qanater dams where Nile River Delta begins.
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  • Nile river. A boat on the Nile River Delta.
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  • Al-Shataranj coffe house (ahwa), a popular place for chess and domino players. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • The famous tea and coffee house (ahwa) Al-Fischawi, in the hearth of one of largest Middle East bazaars, Khan el Khalili. Cairo’s ahwa (the traditional coffeehouse) are for Cairo what the pub is to London or caffè to Rome. Once the ahwa was the main place for entairnement, a animated place where Cairo’s men socialised playing chess, backgammon or domino, reading newspapers or watching TV, drinking Turkish coffee and shai (tea) with mint or smoking a sheesha, the tradional waterpipe. Some ahwa are meeting places for people loving chess or remembering famous Egyptian singer Oum Kalthoum. Today Cairo is changed and everybody is just too busy to drink coffee in a ahwa, so western style coffee shops are much more than traditional ahwa.
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  • Islamic Cairo. Sharia al-Muizz suq (popular market) near Bab Zuweila gate.
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  • Islamic Cairo. Sharia al-Muski, a traditional bazaar street always jammed with a solid moving mass of people. Muski is the bazaar where the local shops.
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